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Title: courier advice
Post by: mantagte on 11 June 2010, 19:59:45

need a courier to pick and deliver two bumpers omega facelift
any recomendations
one just quoted me £225 :(

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 11 June 2010, 20:01:06

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need a courier to pick and deliver two bumpers omega facelift
any recomendations
one just quoted me £225 :(

Being in the SE I cannot help, but from where to where?? :-/

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: mantagte on 11 June 2010, 20:02:00

possibly glasgow to great yarmouth

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 11 June 2010, 20:02:28

would have thought they would have charged you the pallet price, but they are longer than a pallet, sadly they go by size/volume and weight.

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 11 June 2010, 20:03:57

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would have thought they would have charged you the pallet price, but they are longer than a pallet, sadly they go by size/volume and weight.

Not distance then? :-/ :-/

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 11 June 2010, 20:06:30

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would have thought they would have charged you the pallet price, but they are longer than a pallet, sadly they go by size/volume and weight.

Not distance then? :-/ :-/

Might do as it's over the border, but generally smaller stuff from uk postcode to uk postcode is a set price, never sent anything large so would know where to start.

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 11 June 2010, 20:08:15

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possibly glasgow to great yarmouth

Just realised how far that is on Google Maps:
A47
397 mi      7 hours 34 mins

M6
463 mi      7 hours 52 mins

I suppose a quote of £223 is not that bad ;) ;)

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 11 June 2010, 20:20:30

Just a thouht, look up bumpers for sale on bay, when they are all listed then look for ones listing carriage and look up what courier options they are using, or ring a couple and ask, better looking at the regular parts guys i reckon.   :y

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 11 June 2010, 20:22:37

Plus there have been the odd member or 2 offering courier services.

Pity you dont know any hauliers that that travel between the 2 area's, worth a few quid to a driver for the bumpers to tag along for the ride.  :y

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: webby23 on 11 June 2010, 20:30:24

I use parcels2go, they are relaible and cheap.

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: steve_daly on 11 June 2010, 20:32:29

I use these guys http://www.parcel2go.com/

Always good for me, but then I have never used them for car bumpers lol

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: HolyCount on 11 June 2010, 21:02:11

I have used Shiply.com a few times. Basically you post what you want to go where and couriers come back to you with quotes.  Often it's drivers filling up for return loads etc .... reasonable prices. I have has leading links delivered for £30 and an engine for £60.

Worth a try anyway  :)

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: Danny on 12 June 2010, 11:22:32

parcel2go, i was surprised to learn, is run by a guy i went to school with

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: markfree on 12 June 2010, 23:16:41

I used parcelmonkey.com to transport a omega bumper from bordon in hampshire to alexandria (near glasgow) and it only cost approx £15...... well worth a try :y

Title: Re: courier advice
Post by: Markie on 13 June 2010, 17:37:36

www.Interparcel.co.uk circa £17 quid if i remember correctly from our last delivery..